History Literature / TheTalisman

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Richard begins to lose all memories of his time in the Territories soon after their quest is over. Considering his best friend killed his father and he'd been forced to accept that his father was a CompleteMonster and that the Territories ''do'' exist in reality (almost going insane in the process), this could be seen as a more merciful example.]]

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Richard begins to lose all memories of his time in the Territories soon after their quest is over. Considering his best friend killed his father and he'd been forced to accept that the Territories ''do'' exist in reality (almost going insane in the process), this could be seen as a more merciful example.]]

* SilverBullet: [[spoiler: Sunlight Gardener's horrible, monstrous son is dealt with through use of a silver coin stuck inside his body.]] Subverted with [[spoiler: Wolf, who is killed by conventional bullets.]]

* SilverBullet: [[spoiler:Sunlight Gardener's horrible, monstrous son is dealt with through use of a silver coin stuck inside his body.]]

* DepartureMeansDeath: [[spoiler:Wolf gets sick and listless the longer he spends in our world. Eventually, he dies, though it's not clear if just leaving in our world would have killed him by itself.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome / HeroicSacrifice / PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Wolf dies saving Jack from Sunlight Gardener's while trapped and weakened in our world.]]

* TemptingFate: A boy proudly proclaims, "When you're strong in the Lord like me, there's no reason to ever be afraid!" [[spoiler:just before being decapitated by Wolf.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The psychotic Osmond gets one in his first appearance-- he whips Jack's back to shreds when Jack doesn't answer his questions, and then moments later does the same thing to an unfortunate carriage driver who has displeased him. Jack notes that Osmond is actually ''laughing'' as he whips the man to death.

* BerserkButton: You do not hurt Wolf's herd. Since Jack has essentially been adopted as Wolf's new herd, that means Jack's enemies had better be very cautious.

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Richard begins to lose all memories of his time in the Territories soon after their quest is over. Considering his best friend killed his father and he'd been forced to accept that the Territories ''did'' exist in reality (almost going insane in the process), this could be seen as a more merciful example.]]

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: For all the fear and dread Elroy manages to inspire in Jack throughout the entire book, he goes down stupefyingly easy in a hail of machine gun bullets. Even ''Jack'' is stunned-- equating the act to killing a childhood boogeyman.]]

* AntiClimax Boss: [[spoiler: For all the fear and dread Elroy manages to inspire in Jack throughout the entire book, he goes down stupefyingly easy in a hail of machine gun bullets. Even ''Jack'' is stunned-- equating the act to killing a childhood boogeyman.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Practically everyone who has ever hurt Jack gets paid back for it in some way after Jack finds the Talisman. Yes, that extends to minor characters as well.]]

* MagicalNegro: Speedy Parker. [[spoiler:Only he's really basically just acting. Parker is really Park''us'', a gunslinger and faithful retainer to the queen and all around badass. Morgan of Orris' side appears to be quite scared of him, but he doesn't do anything directly.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Practically everyone who has ever helped or hurt Jack gets paid back for it in some way after Jack finds the Talisman.]]

* BerserkButton: Don't ever, EVER hurt Wolf's herd (Jack).

* MistakenForGay: Happens to Jack and Wolf in the Sunlight Home.

* AGodAmI: Subverted. [[spoiler: The power of the Talisman offers Jack godhood when he first touches it. Terrified, he immediately rejects the opportunity-- he'd only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* AGodAmI: Subverted [[spoiler: The power of the Talisman offers Jack godhood when he first touches it. Terrified, he immediately rejects the opportunity-- he'd only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: The power of the Talisman almost causes Jack to become this when he first touches it. Terrified, he immediately [[SubvertedTrope rejects]] the opportunity-- he'd only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: The power of the Talisman almost causes Jack to become this when he first touches it. Terrified, he [[SubvertedTrope rejects]] the opportunity-- he'd only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: The power of the Talisman almost causes Jack to become this when he first touches it. Terrified, he rejects the opportunity-- he'd only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: The power of Talisman almost causes Jack to become this when he first touches it. Terrified, he rejects the opportunity-- he'd only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: The power Talisman almost causes Jack to become this when he first touches it. He rejects the opportunity out of terror-- he only wanted to use the Talisman to save his mother's life.]]

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Richard begins to lose all memories of his time in the Territories soon after their quest is over. Considering his best friend killed his father and he'd been forced to abandon his rational beliefs on how the world works (almost going insane in the process), this could be seen as a more merciful example.]]